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Joined November 2019
๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€. ๐–จ๐— ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‰๐–พ๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–พ๐—Š๐—Ž๐—‚๐—‰๐—‰๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‡๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—† ๐—๐–พ๐–บ๐—†๐—Œ ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‹๐—‚๐—€๐—๐— ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‰๐–บ๐–ป๐—‚๐—…๐—‚๐—๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ, ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—‰๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‹๐— ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—‚๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐—€๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐–พ ๐– ๐–จ ๐—‚๐—‡๐—๐—ˆ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐–พ๐—๐–พ๐—‹๐—’๐–ฝ๐–บ๐—’ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—„. ๐–จ๐—‡ ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐—…๐–บ๐—๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐—…๐–พ, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—œ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป* ๐—๐–พ ๐–พ๐—‘๐—‰๐—…๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–พ ๐—๐—ˆ๐— ๐—†๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—‚๐–บ ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—€๐–บ๐—‡๐—‚๐—Œ๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—‚๐—€๐—‡ ๐–พ๐–ฟ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—๐–พ ๐– ๐–จ ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—€๐—‹๐–บ๐—†๐—†๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—‹๐–พ๐—Œ๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‚๐—‹ ๐—๐–พ๐–บ๐—†๐—Œ' ๐—‡๐–พ๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—‰๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—‹๐— ๐—๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—€๐–บ๐—‡๐—‚๐—Œ๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–บ๐—… ๐–ผ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐Ÿ”น ๐–ฃ๐–พ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‰๐–บ๐–ป๐—‚๐—…๐—‚๐—๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ: ๐–ฒ๐–พ๐— ๐–ผ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐—‹ ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐—‹๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—ˆ๐–ป๐—ƒ๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–ป๐–บ๐—Œ๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—…๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ป๐—Ž๐—Œ๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐—‡๐–พ๐–พ๐–ฝ๐—Œ. ๐Ÿ”น ๐–ค๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐–ป๐—…๐—‚๐—Œ๐— ๐–บ ๐–ป๐–บ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ: ๐– ๐—Œ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐–พ๐—‘๐—‚๐—Œ๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐– ๐–จ ๐—Œ๐—„๐—‚๐—…๐—…๐—Œ, ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐–บ๐—€๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–บ๐—๐—๐—‚๐—๐—Ž๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—‚๐–ฟ๐—’ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‰๐–บ๐–ป๐—‚๐—…๐—‚๐—๐—’ ๐—€๐–บ๐—‰๐—Œ. ๐Ÿ”น ๐–ณ๐–พ๐—Œ๐— ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–บ๐—: ๐–ฏ๐—‚๐—…๐—ˆ๐— ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—๐—‚๐—๐— ๐—Œ๐—†๐–บ๐—…๐—…๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—€๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‰๐—Œ, ๐—€๐–บ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐–พ๐–ฝ๐–ป๐–บ๐–ผ๐—„ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–บ๐–ผ๐—. ๐Ÿ”น ๐–ข๐—๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐–บ ๐—‰๐–บ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐—‚๐—‰๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—†๐—ˆ๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—…: ๐–ฒ๐–พ๐—…๐–พ๐–ผ๐— ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‹๐—‚๐—€๐—๐— ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–บ๐–ผ๐— ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐—ˆ๐–ป๐—ƒ๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—€๐–บ๐—‡๐—‚๐—Œ๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–บ๐—… ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—๐–พ๐—‘๐—. ๐Ÿ”น ๐–ฌ๐–พ๐–บ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—‹๐–พ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐—‡๐–พ: ๐–ค๐—๐–บ๐—…๐—Ž๐–บ๐—๐–พ ๐–ผ๐—๐–บ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‰๐–บ๐–ป๐—‚๐—…๐—‚๐—๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—‚๐—‡๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€๐—Œ ๐—๐—ˆ ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—๐—‚๐—‡๐—Ž๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐—…๐—’ ๐—‚๐—†๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ ๐–ฟ๐—Ž๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐–พ ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€. ๐–ก๐—Ž๐—‚๐—…๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐– ๐–จ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‰๐–บ๐–ป๐—‚๐—…๐—‚๐—๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—€๐—ˆ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–ผ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ. ๐–ก๐—’ ๐—๐–บ๐—„๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–บ ๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—๐—Ž๐—‹๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–บ๐—‰๐—‰๐—‹๐—ˆ๐–บ๐–ผ๐— ๐—๐—ˆ ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€, ๐—‡๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—†๐—Œ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐—†๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ ๐–ป๐–พ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—‚๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—…๐–บ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐–พ๐—‘๐—‰๐–พ๐—‹๐—‚๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐—๐—ˆ๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐—†๐—ˆ๐—‹๐–พ ๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐–ฟ๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–พ๐—‡๐— ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–พ๐–ฟ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐—‚๐—๐–พ ๐– ๐–จ ๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—๐—๐—๐—‰๐—Œ://๐—๐—๐—.๐–ฟ๐—๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐–พ๐—€๐—‚๐–พ๐—Œ.๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—†/๐–พ๐—‡-๐—€๐–ป/๐—‚๐—‡๐—Œ๐—‚๐—€๐—๐—๐—Œ/๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—‚๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€-๐—‡๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—†-๐–บ๐—‚-๐–ผ๐—๐–บ๐—†๐—‰๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ-๐—…๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ-๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹-๐—Œ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—…๐—‚๐—‡๐—€-๐–บ๐—‚-๐–บ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ #๐– ๐–จ๐—‚๐—‡๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—†๐—Œ #๐– ๐–จ๐– ๐–ฝ๐—ˆ๐—‰๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ #๐–ญ๐–พ๐—๐—Œ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—†๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ #๐–ฃ๐—‚๐—€๐—‚๐—๐–บ๐—…๐–ณ๐—‹๐–บ๐—‡๐—Œ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹๐—†๐–บ๐—๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡
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๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ FT Strategies Director Lisa MacLeod and Commercial Development Manager Jessica Roy will be attending Newsgeist 2026 in Hamburg from 16 to 18 October. The event brings together people from across the news industry to share ideas, exchange perspectives and have open conversations about the future of journalism. ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜! Whether it's a conversation about the future of news, the challenges facing your organisation or simply an opportunity to exchange ideas, feel free to reach out to either of them on LinkedIn. ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0z5Byd0 #Newsgeist2026 #FutureOfNews #MediaInnovation #Journalism
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ? Understanding what audiences need is essential. But turning those insights into meaningful changes across your newsroom requires the right strategy, tools and support. User Needs Labs 4, developed by smartocto, Dmitry Shishkin and FT Strategies, helps publishers put the User Needs Model into practice and strengthen their approach to content strategy. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€-๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ: ๐Ÿ”น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€: A baseline report identifying opportunities to improve their content strategy. ๐Ÿ”น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Live sessions with Dmitry Shishkin and FT Strategies, alongside dedicated one-to-one support. ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€: Access to smartocto technology to support data-informed editorial decisions. ๐Ÿ”น ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Six or 12-month options to suit different organisational needs and resources. With places ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, the programme offers dedicated support to help teams translate audience insights into action. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ [email protected] #UserNeeds #AudienceStrategy #NewsroomTransformation #DigitalPublishing #MediaInnovation
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๐ŸŽฅ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€? Our YouTube channel brings together conversations with industry leaders, insights from across the Financial Times and practical perspectives from our work with media organisations around the world. Catch up on our latest video series: ๐Ÿ”น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ explores the ideas, challenges and opportunities shaping the future of media through conversations with senior industry leaders. ๐Ÿ”น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ takes you behind the scenes of the Financial Times, exploring how teams across the FT are building more diversified revenue streams. Youโ€™ll also find video case studies, webinars on demand, podcasts, event recaps and more from across FT Strategies. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0yy9jk0 #VideoContent #FutureOfMedia #MediaStrategy #MediaInnovation
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๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ. And having a single line for AI spend in your budget wonโ€™t be enough. Many publishers have moved from experimentation to dozens of live use cases, yet still struggle to identify where AI is creating meaningful value. As 2027 planning takes shape, the question is no longer simply โ€˜where can we save time?โ€™. Publishers should also be asking: ๐Ÿ”น Where can AI improve the journalism itself? ๐Ÿ”น Where can it improve the audience experience? ๐Ÿ”น What skills will we need in the future, and how do we drive adoption across the organisation? ๐Ÿ”น Where can AI create new products or revenue opportunities? ๐Ÿ”น What should we stop doing, start doing or redesign entirely? Our work this year has ranged from foundational AI awareness and training to workflow transformation and testing the resilience of content in an AI-mediated environment. One lesson is increasingly clear: AI readiness is not the same as having access to good tools. It requires strategy, leadership, culture, capabilities, content and technology to work together. That distinction matters as publishers enter the next budget cycle. Funding tools and pilots is relatively straightforward. Building an organisation that can turn AI into meaningful value is a different challenge. If youโ€™re thinking through your AI priorities for 2027, ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—™๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ to discuss how we can help ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0ypdXm0 #AITransformation #MediaStrategy #NewsPublishing #DigitalTransformation #MediaInnovation
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ โ€“ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†? FT Strategies, the consulting arm of the Financial Times, is conducting a global research study exploring the experiences of organisations that receive philanthropic funding. We want to hear directly from grantees and recipients about what works, what gets in the way and where philanthropic practices could improve. Share your perspective to help build a clearer picture of the conditions that enable organisations to create lasting impact. ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0ykgqg0 Responses will be analysed in aggregate, and quotes will only be used with explicit consent. #Philanthropy #SocialImpact #Grantmaking #Nonprofits #SustainableImpact
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๐Ÿ’ก๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฐ is designed to help newsrooms turn the User Needs Model into practical, lasting change across their content strategy and workflows. Delivered by smartocto, Dmitry Shishkin and FT Strategies, the programme combines data, technology and hands-on expert support to help participating teams: ๐Ÿ”น Understand their starting point with a data-driven baseline report ๐Ÿ”น Identify opportunities to strengthen their content strategy ๐Ÿ”น Embed the User Needs Model into newsroom workflows ๐Ÿ”น Learn directly from global experts through live and one-to-one sessions ๐Ÿ”น Access the full smartocto technology throughout the programme With ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ 10 ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š, there is still time to join the next cohort starting this October. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0yfqwl0 ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0yfqp20 #UserNeeds #AudienceStrategy #Newsrooms #DigitalPublishing #MediaInnovation
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๐ŸŽฌ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜? In the latest episode of our series exploring revenue diversification across the Financial Times, FT Strategies Consultant Tim Goudsward sits down with Minal Shah, Managing Director of Commercial Content & Thought Leadership Businesses at the Financial Times, to explore how the FT has expanded its commercial offering through FT Longitude and FT Studio. Both businesses produce bespoke content for clients, but serve different needs. FT Longitude helps organisations develop research-led thought leadership, while FT Studio brings creative and production capabilities to branded content appearing across the FT. Together, they have enabled the FT to broaden and deepen its relationships with commercial clients, extending its capabilities across more of the marketing lifecycle. ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: ๐Ÿ”น Why diversification should start with your existing strengths and client needs ๐Ÿ”น How acquisitions can complement and extend existing commercial capabilities ๐Ÿ”น The importance of maintaining clear distinctions between commercial and editorial content ๐Ÿ”น Why integrating new businesses requires careful consideration of teams, technology and ways of working ๐Ÿ”น Why successful diversification should be viewed as a medium to long-term play For Minal, the starting point is clear: ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜. ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฌ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0y9xbM0 #RevenueDiversification #MediaStrategy #MediaInnovation #ThoughtLeadership
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฐ Developed by smartocto, Dmitry Shishkin and FT Strategies, User Needs Labs is a hands-on programme designed to help newsrooms move from understanding the User Needs Model to putting it into practice. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”น A data-driven baseline report analysing their current content strategy through the User Needs Model ๐Ÿ”น Full access to smartocto technology ๐Ÿ”น Live sessions with global experts, including Dmitry Shishkin and FT Strategies ๐Ÿ”น One-to-one support to embed the model and optimise newsroom workflows ๐Ÿ”น The flexibility to participate for six or 12 months, depending on your organisationโ€™s needs and resources ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€, giving each team dedicated support as they turn audience understanding into practical changes across their content strategy and workflows. Interested in joining User Needs Labs 4 or discussing the programme in more detail? ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0x_Bt00 ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ mail.google.com/mail/?view=cโ€ฆ #UserNeeds #Newsrooms #AudienceStrategy #MediaInnovation #DigitalPublishing
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๐Ÿ“ฐ Explore the ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ from FT Strategies, covering newsroom transformation, audience engagement, AI, video and the skills publishers need for the future. ๐Ÿ”น๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ Discover our global benchmark, in partnership with WAN-IFRA,ย  of how newsrooms are changing, what they are prioritising and where they are going next. Based on insights from 448 newsroom leaders across 86 countries, the study explores how publishers are approaching strategy, AI, audience relationships, resources and skills. eu1.hubs.ly/H0xLM-Y0 ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. Explore what the reaction to the Future Newsrooms Study reveals about the challenge of turning newsroom ambition into action, from embedding audience-first thinking and smarter AI use to investing in the skills needed for transformation. eu1.hubs.ly/H0xLMQH0 ๐Ÿ”น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ: ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ Discover why growing audience demand for longer-form video presents an opportunity for publishers to rethink their video strategies, investment priorities and approach to building sustainable audience relationships. eu1.hubs.ly/H0xLLf30 ๐Ÿ”น ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ Watch our expert panel discuss the findings from the Future Newsrooms Study and what they mean for the future of journalism, including how newsrooms can adapt their strategies, operating models and capabilities for what comes next. eu1.hubs.ly/H0xLM-10 ๐Ÿ”น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: ๐—”๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ Go beyond the study with answers to some of the questions raised during our webinar, from strengthening audience relationships and building trust to creator models and measuring the value of AI beyond time saved. eu1.hubs.ly/H0xLKNb0 Special thanks to all who contributed: Lisa MacLeod, Lamberto Lambertini, Ben Whitelaw, Spencer Barrett, Gina Chua, Gard Steiro, Phoebe Connelly #FutureOfNews #Newsrooms #MediaInnovation #AIinMedia #DigitalJournalism
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๐ŸŽฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ? In the latest episode of our series exploring revenue diversification across the Financial Times, FT Strategies Consultant Yasmina Burgan sits down with Financial Times Group Strategy Director and former FT Strategies Deputy Managing Director Aled John to explore the story behind FT Strategies. What began as a response to growing demand from media organisations looking to learn from the FTโ€™s own transformation has evolved into a global consultancy supporting organisations across the media sector. Aled shares lessons from that journey, including: ๐Ÿ”น Identifying where your organisation has a genuine right to play ๐Ÿ”น Turning existing expertise into a sustainable commercial proposition ๐Ÿ”น Finding product-market fit and knowing where to focus ๐Ÿ”น Creating the right environment for a new business to grow within a larger organisation ๐Ÿ”น Setting measures of success that reflect the business model and its stage of growth ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0xRKSZ0 #RevenueDiversification #MediaStrategy #MediaInnovation
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๐Ÿ”Ž As AI reshapes how audiences discover and consume news, publishers face a growing strategic question: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜? New analysis from FT Strategies, written by Consultant Azymberdi Taganov, examines the ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€.๐˜๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, revealing how news organisations are navigating the trade-offs between discoverability, content protection and licensing leverage. The findings point to an increasingly differentiated approach. Rather than treating all AI crawlers alike, many publishers are distinguishing between training, search and retrieval -ย  with 23 of 70 blocking GPTBot while retaining some access for OAI-SearchBot. As AI licensing models continue to evolve, these decisions are becoming an important part of how publishers protect the value of their content while maintaining visibility in emerging discovery channels. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0xKdkd0 #ArtificialIntelligence #Publishing #MediaStrategy #AI
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๐Ÿ” ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต. For publishers, registration can provide valuable first-party data, deepen audience relationships and create a pathway towards subscription. But its effectiveness depends on giving readers a compelling reason to register โ€“ and then using that relationship to build lasting engagement. This article, by FT Strategies Manager Ben Whitelaw, explores why registration strategies often fall short and the practical steps publishers can take to strengthen them, from refining the value exchange to designing a more purposeful journey for registered users. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0xDYZj0 #AudienceStrategy #ReaderRevenue #DigitalPublishing #MediaStrategy
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Introducing ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ: ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ง, a new interview series exploring what revenue diversification looks like in practice across the Financial Times. The series goes behind the scenes with senior leaders from across the FT ecosystem to explore how different parts of the business contribute to a broader, more resilient commercial strategy. In our first episode, Angela Mackay, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, reflects on more than 20 years of transformation at the FT and the strategic choices that have shaped its approach to diversification. From the growth of subscriptions and FT Live to building complementary revenue streams across the wider FT ecosystem, Angela discusses: ๐Ÿ”น Why diversification can provide a hedge against changing markets and economic cycles ๐Ÿ”น How the FT has built new commercial opportunities around its content and audiences ๐Ÿ”น The role of events and sponsorship in the FTโ€™s revenue mix ๐Ÿ”น Why editorial independence remains fundamental as new revenue streams grow ๐Ÿ”น The importance of staying agile and continually reviewing what works ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0xBh3M0ย  Stay tuned for more conversations with leaders from the Financial Times #RevenueDiversification #MediaStrategy #MediaInnovation
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๐Ÿ“‰ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ? Several high-profile digital media businesses once valued largely on audience scale have exited at significantly lower valuations. BuzzFeed declined 86% from its peak valuation, while CNET, Vice and Food52 saw declines of more than 90%. In part 2 of our latest article series on ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—œ, FT Strategies Director Adriana Whiteley and Senior Consultant Aleksandra Wisniewska explore how AI is changing the economics of content and what this means for investors assessing media assets. As replicable content and traffic-dependent business models become increasingly vulnerable, the article examines what is still commanding premium valuations. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”น Why high-quality recurring revenue and high-value audiences continue to attract investors ๐Ÿ”น How proprietary data, specialist communities and in-person experiences are becoming important drivers of premium valuations ๐Ÿ”น Why products embedded in customer workflows can create greater stickiness and lower churn ๐Ÿ”น Five dimensions investors should consider when assessing an information-based business, from content resilience and discovery risk to first-party data and opportunities for automation The emerging opportunity is for media businesses to move beyond content alone and build proprietary information, products and services that deliver functional value to their customers. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0xz4W_0 #MediaMA #AIinMedia #MediaStrategy #DigitalPublishing
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๐ŸŒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ. ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. Whether your organisation is optimising for growth, subscriptions or intelligence, strategy alone isn't enough. Sustainable transformation depends on an operating model that aligns people, processes and technology with the outcomes you're trying to achieve. In Part 1 of this article series, we explore how operating model design helps media organisations translate strategic ambition into execution, with a practical framework for building the capabilities needed for long-term success. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0xqm_T0 #MediaInnovation #Operationaltransformation #NewsMedia #Publishing #BusinessStrategy #AI
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๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? In the latest episode of Executive Exchange, FT Strategies Director George Adelman sits down with Antonio Zappulla, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, to discuss the growing challenges facing independent media and the role journalism plays in sustaining informed societies. As political, technological and economic pressures converge, Antonio argues that trust cannot be taken for granted. It must be actively built through strong editorial standards, resilient organisations and long-term investment in people, technology and sustainable business models. ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ”น Why trust is becoming media's greatest competitive advantage ๐Ÿ”น How AI can strengthen journalism when guided by clear frameworks and strategy ๐Ÿ”น What resilient news organisations have in common ๐Ÿ”น Why collaboration and strong networks are critical to protecting independent media ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿ‘‰ ftstrategies.com/en-gb/insigโ€ฆ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€? ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Episode 1: Interview with Jon Slade, CEO of the Financial Times - ftstrategies.com/en-gb/insigโ€ฆ Episode 2: Interview with Tracy De Groose, CEO of William Reed - ftstrategies.com/en-gb/insigโ€ฆ #ExecutiveExchange #MediaLeadership #Journalism #MediaInnovation #DigitalTransformation #FutureOfNews
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๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฆ๐—˜, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ Google News Initiative. As audience habits continue to evolve, publishers need to embrace new formats to stay relevant and build sustainable growth. This four-day virtual workshop is designed for publishers in Southern Europe who are beginning their journey into non-traditional content formats. Through expert-led masterclasses, practical frameworks and peer learning, you'll explore how formats such as audio, video and newsletters can strengthen audience engagement and support long-term success. ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eu1.hubs.ly/H0x6QnM0
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